Spectrality in Margaret Atwood’s “Death by Landscape” (1990) by Teresa Gibert

“…Lucy’s ghostly presence haunting Lois draws special attention to the noxious effects of the modern appropriation of Native-American cultures, a controversial topic illustrated by the Indian-themed summer camp where Lucy mysteriously disappears and by her naïve friend Lois’s explicit desire “to be an Indian”. …”
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High order numerical schemes for transport equations on bounded domains* by Boutin B., Nguyen T.H.T., Sylla A., Tran-Tien S., Coulombel J.-F.

“…This article is an account of the NABUCO project achieved during the summer camp CEMRACS 2019 devoted to geophysical fluids and gravity flows. …”
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The autonomy of informal STEM and benefits of andragogy with gifted children by Julia E. Calabrese, Robert M. Capraro

“…The purpose of this study was to determine if the attitudes of students at an honors STEM summer camp paralleled the educational needs of adults, namely self-directed learning. …”
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In Play, At Play by Catherine Mohrea Laing

“…Abstract It is surprising for many people to learn how restricted children with cancer are, both in their daily activities as well as in the bigger, more significant events in their lives.  The treatment for cancer often leaves children with significant immune suppression; exposure to any kind of virus or infection could lead to a life-threatening event.  Summer camp – a “rite of passage†for many kids – would be a forgone experience were it not for specialized children’s cancer camps. …”
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Effect of Combined Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Diet in Children With Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome: An Open Pilot Trial by Juliette Leon, María José Pérez-Sáez, Audrey Uffing, Naoka Murakami, Andreia Watanabe, Pamela Cureton, Victoria Kenyon, Leigh Keating, Karen Yee, Carla Aline Fernandes Satiro, Bryant Yu, Joseph V. Bonventre, Alessio Fasano, Leonardo V. Riella

“…The study will be organized as a 4-week summer camp to implement a GF/DF diet in a tightly controlled and monitored setting. …”
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Product mix of recreational tourism in the Balkan scout center by Kocevski Miloš, Škrbić Iva, Romanov Romana

“…The research was conducted from April to August 2012, as a part of activities implemented in BSC events: Easter camp, Summer camp and Volunteer camp. The sample consisted of 100 visitors (respondents); the administered instrument was a specifically designed questionnaire and the methods on which the analysis of the modeling was based were: frequency of occurrence, comparative analysis (Benchmarking), SWOT and PEST. …”
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The Factors Contributing toward the Effectiveness of Afterschool Program Management in Taiwan by Enricho Fiktorando Purba, Sheng Yao Cheng, SettingsNasib Tua Lumban Gaol

“…In addition, the effectiveness of the afterschool program was supported by five main activities (i.e., remedial teaching, homework assistance, English summer camp, special event and field trips) to improve the students’ knowledge and experience. …”

‘I blamed this all on moving to Texas’: Fostering Sense of Place through Locative Literature among US Latina Girls by Claudia Cristina da Silva, Valentina Nisi, Joseph Straubhaar

“…Firstly, a four-day workshop was conducted within the context of a summer camp with girls organized by a non-profit organization called Latinitas, based in Austin, Texas, USA. …”
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Theming, Co-Creation, and Quality of Structured Experiences at Camp by Gary D. Ellis, Jingxian Jiang, Andrew Lacanienta, Mark Carroll

“…Lacanienta and his colleagues (2018) recently reported results of a study of the effect of themes on quality of experience of youths during summer camp activities. Existing literature suggested that theming activity sessions would have a strong main effect. …”
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Aperto per ferie: third spaces meet pastoral contexts by Rondonotti Marco, Mazzotti Eleonora, Carenzio Alessandra, Farinacci Elisa, Rivoltella Pier Cesare

“…The initiative was created to enable professionals to experience the summer camp activities despite the Covid-19 pandemic, finding new ways of aggregation in pastoral youth clubs and taking advantage of digital community meetings. …”
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Loretta Perna: an outstanding educator supporting Latinx students in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania by Guadalupe Ortiz Cortez, Sonia Castano-Garcia, Estefani Sanchez Fonseca, Marlen Cordova-Pedroza, Angel Chimal Rodriguez

“…The support students receive include assistance throughout the entire college application process, exposure to college life and career options through campus tours, academic summer camp, internship programs, plus, connections with additional mentors, and opportunities to expand on their skills base. …”
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Learning Computational Thinking Practices Through Agent-Based Modeling in an Informal Setting by Adewale Adeolu

“…This study focuses on the roles of five youth, three adult mentors, and a facilitator during a summer camp and documents how learners interacted to exchange ideas, collaborate, and accommodate other perspectives. …”
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Supporting a Responsive Transition to High School through a Summer Transition Camp by Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, Erin Parke, Jennifer Denmon

“…Attending academic classes and communicating expectations for academic success helped support students’ academic-related needs and concerns. A summer camp may foster a responsive transition and mitigate school failure, but must be developed and delivered based on students’ developmental and transition-related needs and concerns. …”
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Pairing Educational Robotics with Geospatial Technologies in Informal Learning Environments by Bradley S. Barker, Neal Grandgenett, Gwen Nugent, Viacheslav I. Adamchuk

“…Results suggest that the 4-H robotics and geospatial summer camp program is a promising approach for supporting STEM-related learning and enhancing attitudes towards STEM.…”
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Health career exploration through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pipeline programming by Ranelle L. Brew, Emily Pokorski, Tess Scheidel, Brian Scherf, Kathy Agee, Pamela DeJong

“…Summer camps aimed to fill the gaps and increase interest in healthcare careers for underrepresented minority students. …”
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Effects of Visfatin Gene Polymorphism RS4730153 on Exercise-induced Weight Loss of Obese Children and Adolescents of Han Chinese by Aiping Lai, Wenhe Chen, Kelly Helm

“…Eighty-eight obese Han Chinese children and adolescents were randomly selected from a 2008 Shanghai Weight Loss Summer Camp and were supervised to complete a 4 week aerobic exercise training program. …”
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Viktor Orban: What is to be Done? by Shishelina, L.N.

“…The article analyzes the speech of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, delivered by him during the summer camp in Tushnadfüred on July 23, 2022. The speeches of the Hungarian Prime Minister at this event always have a great resonance in Hungary, but the speech of 2022 also caused a reaction throughout Europe, since most of it was devoted to the main problems of this part of the World. …”
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Fault Lines: Viral Disquiet in Sarah Moss’s Fiction by Émilie Walezak

“…Her 2020 novel, Summerwater, similarly pictures a group of tourists isolated by the rain in Scotland while her 2018 novel, Ghost Wall, describes an experiential archaeological summer camp going wrong. Moss uses extreme quarantine-like circumstances to question individual responses and group behaviours. …”
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Examining the Potential Unintended Effects of a Healthful Living Curriculum Upon Children’s Weight-Related Beliefs, Body Satisfaction, and Body Build Stereotypes by Jennifer Paff Ogle, Jan Carroll, Brian Butki, Mary Lynn Damhorst, Susan Baker

“…Participants were 80 children (38 boys, 42 girls) aged 7 to 13 years enrolled in a week-long “FunLIFE” summer camp offered at a large university. FunLIFE was created in response to the childhood obesity crisis and focuses upon Learning to Improve Fitness and Eating (thus, the acronym “LIFE”). …”
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Crochet: Engaging Secondary School Girls in Art for STEAM’s Sake by Portia York, Shaoan Zhang, Mei Yang, Venkatesan Muthukumar

“…This study examined how crochet that was embedded in a STEM summer camp impacted their sense of belonging, creativity, well-being, and STEAM learning. …”
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